I've already been playing Pokemon Shuffle for 2+ years on mobile... it's been fun but super time-consuming.

The game has reached an endpoint where there won't be any brand new stage updates. There are 700 main stages, and 700 harder versions of those stages. All weekly special stages will rotate within a 24-week cycle.

huh, i stopped playing last year when the power creep got to be too much. when i spend most of my time grinding for coins to attempt the hardest stages, it's just not fun anymore.

I've never paid a cent in either of them, but I don't want to think of all the time I've lost to Shuffle and Rumble World. I am going to stay far, far away from free games in the future.

If you're playing Rumble World and want to exchange friend codes, I could always use more support there. Conquering that last challenge stage seems like a distant dream.

I'm wondering if the codes in question offer any bonuses over the standard free versions – but I guess if they're redeemable in the eShop and not in-game, the answer is probably no. (The retail, physical version of Rumble World basically includes everything you'd get from paying $40 in the free version, practically eliminating the slow, endless grind.)